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Ages of ATP World No. 1

Swiss superstar and roundly considered G.O.A.T of tennis Roger Federer completed yet another remarkable tennis record just recently, becoming the oldest ATP World No. 1 after claiming his 97th ATP title over Grigor Dimitrov in Rotterdam.

It’s just another claim-to-fame for 36-year-old Federer, the man who has achieved just about everything you could ever want (or need) in professional tennis.

As of 19/02/2018 Federer’s list of records includes:

All-time record 20 Grand Slam singles titles.

Reached a record 30 Grand Slam finals (10 consecutive, and another 8 consecutive – the two longest streaks in history).

Reached a record 43 semi-final appearances, and 52 quarter-final appearances.

One of eight men to have won a career Grand Slam (winning all four Grand Slams at least once) and one of four players to have won a career Grand Slam on three different surfaces, hard, grass and clay courts.

All-time record 8 Wimbledon titles.

The only male player to have reached 11 finals at a single Grand Slam event (Wimbledon).

The only player to win three different Grand Slam tournaments at least 5 times (Australian Open, Wimbledon, and US Open) and is the only player to win two Grand Slams five consecutive times at Wimbledon from 2003–07 and the US Open from 2004–08.

Spent a record 303 weeks as the No. 1 ranked player in the world (ranked No. 1 for 237 consecutive weeks), the most of any men’s tennis player since the inception of these rankings in 1973.